AMA - 5th Grade Camp Chaperone (1 Viewer)

[Dan Lambskin]

Got roped into chaperoning a 2 night camping trip with 26 5th graders.  2 other dads and one teacher also staying overnight 

As always shtick questions appreciated 

will do my best to respond between now and Wednesday evening 

 

[El Floppo]

Got roped into chaperoning a 2 night camping trip with 26 5th graders.  2 other dads and one teacher also staying overnight 

As always shtick questions appreciated 

will do my best to respond between now and Wednesday evening 

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I'll be doing this Thurs & Fri with 200 4th & 5th graders. I'm pretty sure we have more than 3 chaperones. pretty sure.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

26? To make it easier to remember who is who I would assign each a letter of the alphabet. Maybe draw it on their foreheads with a permanent marker.  🅰

 

[Osaurus]

Have you found any Molly yet?

 

[Jayrok]

"Attention... the bus for the camp Mohawk basketball game is leaving in 15 minutes, and there is a very fat pair of pants hanging on the flagpole this morning."

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Is anyone in the camping trip named Steve?  I assume you are a man.  Do you have a yellow hat?

 

[AAABatteries]

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

 

[GroveDiesel]

Are all the students boys? I hope so with all the chaperones being dads…

 

[Jaysus]

Mob mentality will kick in: the kids will be able to fend for themselves.  You are just there to put out any (literal) fires.  Have fun!

 

[El Floppo]

have any of them ever been to a turkish prison?

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I know there's probably a rule against bringing alcohol on a trip like this, but you're going to want alcohol by the end of the first day.

 

[dino259]

My move as chaperone was to fall asleep before they did.

 

[El Floppo]

I know there's probably a rule against bringing alcohol on a trip like this, but you're going to want alcohol by the end of the first day.

we went over our rules today... definitely no alcohol.

but they didn't explicitly say I couldn't smoke crack.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

we went over our rules today... definitely no alcohol.

but they didn't explicitly say I couldn't smoke crack.

In case the school finds your crack pipe:

"Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first got here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've chaperoned a lot of these, and I tell you, people do that all the time."

 

[AAABatteries]

I know there's probably a rule against bringing alcohol on a trip like this, but you're going to want alcohol by the end of the first day.

He’s the chaperone - he sets the rules!

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Is anyone in the camping trip named Steve?  I assume you are a man.  Do you have a yellow hat?

I don’t believe so.  Yes.  No.

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

Yes

Are all the students boys? I hope so with all the chaperones being dads…

No 12 boys 14 girls.  Female teacher will stay with the girls

have any of them ever been to a turkish prison?

Unlikely 

I know there's probably a rule against bringing alcohol on a trip like this, but you're going to want alcohol by the end of the first day.

i was regretting not packing some edibles by lunchtime 

 

[Rustoleum]

How many of those are just GM’s kids?

 

[El Floppo]

How many of those are just GM’s kids?

we'll know when the naked jump party starts.

 

[nirad3]

i was regretting not packing some edibles by lunchtime 

This was gonna be my suggestion.  I mean, you'd just fall asleep and the kids would party.  No biggie.

 

[Chemical X]

do you like me?  yes or no

 

[facook]

Scale of 1-10, how powerfully does your sleeping area smell of feet?

 

[TheAristocrat]

Any absurd first names?  Like Traci or Tynnyfer or anything with a symbol in the name?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Scale of 1-10, how powerfully does your sleeping area smell of feet?

Think it’s only like a 2 right now

Any absurd first names?  Like Traci or Tynnyfer or anything with a symbol in the name?

seems like everyone has a standard spelling but it’s a pretty diverse group

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Just witnessed the worst game of capture the flag in recorded history 

 

[TheAristocrat]

Just witnessed the worst game of capture the flag in recorded history 

Please unpack this a bit more.  I'm excited for additional context.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Please unpack this a bit more.  I'm excited for additional context.

Basically one side always had like 10 of their 13 kids in jail and the other ones would try to tag anyone who came on their side instead of rescuing their teammates, but that was only like 1 or 2 kids because the other team instead of looking for the flag when they had such an advantage would just stay on their side so they so nobody could get rescued so they would just run back and forth 5 feet across the line

This was despite the chaperones and camp counselors trying to help both sides.  Even gave them a time limit and told them they would tie

then at the end there was controversy over the flag being too hidden 

 

[TheAristocrat]

Basically one side always had like 10 of their 13 kids in jail and the other ones would try to tag anyone who came on their side instead of rescuing their teammates, but that was only like 1 or 2 kids because the other team instead of looking for the flag when they had such an advantage would just stay on their side so they so nobody could get rescued so they would just run back and forth 5 feet across the line

This was despite the chaperones and camp counselors trying to help both sides.  Even gave them a time limit and told them they would tie

then at the end there was controversy over the flag being too hidden 

Perfect.  Kids are learning international diplomatic relations at such a young age these days.